Horseman Number 3: Osama Used 40 bits

[Ben Laurie]

"Trei, Peter" wrote:
> [Moderator's note: It wasn't a direct quote, and I generally assume
> reporters misquote people anyway. Also, note that the general
> confusion because the UK uses "thousand million" for the US "billion"
> makes the whole thing even less clearly the expert and not the
> reporter. --Perry]

Actually, to my perpetual dismay, we are now supposed to use a billion
in the US sense (it used to mean a million million). As a result, I
don't use the word at all, since it predictably has become ambiguous in
the UK.

Cheers,

Ben.

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